World leaders welcome planned talks between Trump and North Korea leader

www.reuters.com—SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders welcomed prospects for a possible thaw in the long standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to hold an unprecedented meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is due to announce its largest package of sanctions yet against North Korea to further pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programme, as South Korea readies itself for more talks with the North's officials.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson drew a distinction Friday between “talks” with North Korea and “negotiations,” arguing that U.S. President Donald Trump’s willingness to chat with Kim Jong Un shouldn’t be construed as anything more than that.

President Donald Trump lashed out at the press on Saturday, as the media-critic in chief voiced his criticism over coverage of his negotiations on Twitter. “In the first hours after hearing that North Korea’s leader wanted to meet with me to talk denuclearization and that missile launches will end, the press was startled & amazed,” Trump claimed. “They couldn’t believe it.” “But by the following morning the news became FAKE,” he argued. “They said so …